The Future of Pipeline Generation

Learn why Sarah McConnell, VP of Demand Generation at Qualified, believes everything you do as a marketer should be about pipeline.

Qualified is the pipeline generation platform for revenue teams that use Salesforce. Leading B2B brands such as Adobe, LaunchDarkly, SurveyMonkey, ThoughtSpot, and VMWare trust Qualified to grow their pipeline by tapping into their greatest sales & marketing asset—the corporate website—to identify the most valuable buyers, uncover signals of buyer intent, and instantly start sales conversations. Customers that use Qualified report a 10X increase in sales meetings, a 4X increase in lead conversion, and a 6X increase in pipeline.

Industry
Software Development
Founded
2018
Sarah McConnell

Guest Bio

Sarah McConnell is an experienced demand generation marketer with a strong background in leading successful go-to-market (GTM) teams in the B2B SaaS industry. She has a proven track record of strategizing and executing multi-channel efforts that consistently surpass pipeline and revenue targets. Sarah’s approach is heavily focused on data-driven decision-making, ensuring that every marketing initiative is backed by insightful analytics.

One of Sarah’s key strengths lies in her ability to think strategically on a big-picture level. She excels in annual planning, budgeting, and forging cross-functional partnerships to drive cohesive marketing strategies. However, Sarah doesn’t shy away from diving into the nitty-gritty details and rolling up her sleeves to get the work done. She is skilled in campaign execution, marketing operations and attribution, as well as reporting on key metrics.

With extensive experience in digital marketing, email marketing, account-based marketing (ABM), event and field marketing, content marketing, and marketing operations, Sarah has developed a well-rounded skill set. She has even dabbled in product marketing and customer marketing, achieving considerable success in both areas.

Sarah’s enthusiasm for demand generation shines through in her ability to consistently exceed expectations and drive tangible results. She embraces a comprehensive approach to marketing, leveraging various tactics and channels to create holistic and effective campaigns. With her expertise and resourcefulness, Sarah is committed to helping companies succeed and generate substantial revenue.

Guest Bio

Sarah McConnell is an experienced demand generation marketer with a strong background in leading successful go-to-market (GTM) teams in the B2B SaaS industry. She has a proven track record of strategizing and executing multi-channel efforts that consistently surpass pipeline and revenue targets. Sarah’s approach is heavily focused on data-driven decision-making, ensuring that every marketing initiative is backed by insightful analytics.

One of Sarah’s key strengths lies in her ability to think strategically on a big-picture level. She excels in annual planning, budgeting, and forging cross-functional partnerships to drive cohesive marketing strategies. However, Sarah doesn’t shy away from diving into the nitty-gritty details and rolling up her sleeves to get the work done. She is skilled in campaign execution, marketing operations and attribution, as well as reporting on key metrics.

With extensive experience in digital marketing, email marketing, account-based marketing (ABM), event and field marketing, content marketing, and marketing operations, Sarah has developed a well-rounded skill set. She has even dabbled in product marketing and customer marketing, achieving considerable success in both areas.

Sarah’s enthusiasm for demand generation shines through in her ability to consistently exceed expectations and drive tangible results. She embraces a comprehensive approach to marketing, leveraging various tactics and channels to create holistic and effective campaigns. With her expertise and resourcefulness, Sarah is committed to helping companies succeed and generate substantial revenue.

Episode Summary

This episode features an interview with Sarah McConnell, VP of Demand Generation at Qualified, the pipeline generation platform for revenue teams that use Salesforce.

In this episode, Sarah shares the benefits she’s seen of nesting owned events into broader marketing goals, hiring varied skill sets in house as an invaluable ROI, and how everything you do should be about pipeline. Sarah also talks about pipeline as a personalized journey for prospects and the opportunity in giving potential buyers as many avenues as possible to convert.

Key Takeaways

  • Be more diligent about spend. We need to be referring to our data often to be sure the ROI we expect and work towards is something that’s actually happening. It’s important to never stray too far from is this tactic or strategy really working? 
  • Owned events should play a multi-functional role for your business. Every event you host should be nested within a broader goal that works for multiple aspects of your business operations. 
  • It’s all about pipeline and the customer journey. Every customer’s journey is different. Let’s be sure we’re giving them as many avenues to convert as possible. 

Quotes

“It's business. It's pipeline. Like, that's all we care about. At the end of the day, everyone needs pipeline. If they need revenue, which is every single company. So, I think you make such a good point of, I hate to say it, but like, who cares? It's great to have. It's good to know. It, it helps us directionally. But at the end of the day, we're all working together to drive pipeline. And that's all that matters.” –Sarah McConnell, VP Demand Gen, Qualified

Episode Highlights

Episodes Transcript

  • Be more diligent about spend. We need to be referring to our data often to be sure the ROI we expect and work towards is something that’s actually happening. It’s important to never stray too far from is this tactic or strategy really working? 
  • Owned events should play a multi-functional role for your business. Every event you host should be nested within a broader goal that works for multiple aspects of your business operations. 
  • It’s all about pipeline and the customer journey. Every customer’s journey is different. Let’s be sure we’re giving them as many avenues to convert as possible. 

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